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Looking for a place to watch Monday’s
historic Solar Eclipse? Visit Palm Beach, which offers kayak and paddle board rentals and cruises aboard its 50-foot catamaran Hakuna Matata from the West Palm Beach
waterfront, has just announced it will offer
a 90-minute eclipse catamaran cruise for residents and tourists who want to view the event from...

Cruise lovers could have a second ship to board at the Port of Palm Beach by next year if the port commission approves a proposal for the NeoClassica to join the Grand Celebration. At its meeting today, the commission is scheduled to consider an agreement with Paradise Cruise Line Operator to base the 1,650-passenger ship at the Riviera Beach port. The company already sails the 1,800 passenger Grand...

Before I became a perfume devotee a dozen years ago, my lexicon for describing scent was limited to words like “woodsy” or “flowery.” Later I found myself craving the dexterity of language that could match the increasingly complex perfumes arriving at my house in tiny decanted samples. At the time, perfume blogs and a few books were lifting the veil off a closely guarded...

The only thing more worrying than seeing a bunch of alligators around your canoe is not seeing them but knowing darn well they are there. I am with my two kids, Kai, 8, and Christina, 5, and my sister Gina and her 5-year-old son Quincy, in Florida's Myakka River State Park. It's a moss-and-vine-draped domain of birds, mammals and Jurassic-spiked reptiles covering 29,000 acres about 20 miles...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Pierre Celotto and Aurene Humbert had a definite vision in mind when they booked a summer vacation that included a day in Yosemite Valley. Urged on by breathtaking photographs and nature documentaries, the Parisians said, they looked forward to serene walks along trails where pine trees threw shadows across streams and picturesque meadows teemed with wildlife...

Some days at the office, as every member of the work force knows, are better than others. As a travel writer, the world is my office and this was definitely one of the better days. Upon arrival at the airport in Guatemala City, I was whisked off to lunch at the colorful La Esquina, a combination bistro and marketplace in the city’s vibrant Zone 4 neighborhood. A veritable riot of color and design...

LAS VEGAS—They will make your drinks, but they won’t listen to your problems. Robot bartenders have made their way to the Las Vegas Strip — evidence perhaps that Skynet is closer to becoming self-aware and will have a convenient place to take the edge off. Bar owner Rino Armeni swears this isn’t yet another move to replace human beings. “No, no, no,” he said gamely...

"We will never travel again!" Those were the first words out of our mouths as my wife and I watched the fourth pregnancy test turn positive. (Yes, it took four tests to believe it.) Coming as a complete surprise, joyous thoughts of raising a beautiful family together were far from our minds. Instead, we were grieving how our lives would drastically change. Having grown up traveling...

It's the epic matchup you've been waiting for, bright eyes: Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and a real-life total solar eclipse. According to Time, Tyler, backed by DNCE, will perform the iconic 1983 song aboard Royal Caribbean's Total Eclipse Cruise during Monday's Great American Eclipse. The cruise aboard the Oasis of the Seas leaves Orlando, Florida, on Sunday and will...

It may matter what air travelers wear on the plane. That’s not just the case for the legging-wearing teenage girls denied boarding on a United Airlines flight this spring. The two girls were flying on United’s pass program, which lets friends or relatives of airline employees fly free or at discounted rates. The catch is a dress code. But even for those paying regular...

A new website created to market Palm Beach County as tourist destination ranks among the best in the world,
according to Skift, a travel and marketing company. The website,
www.thepalmbeaches.com, which was recently launched by Discover The Palm Beaches, the county’s official tourism marketing group, was named one of
the “25 best tourism board websites&rdquo...

Florida, which is no stranger to making all sorts of desperate appeals for tourists, might want to consider “nuclear tourism.” I mention this because if you’ve been paying attention to North Korea’s nuclear aspirations, you will see that the projected limits of that country’s Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missiles appear as a curved line that encompasses much...

Traveling with a group — friends, extended family, a bachelor party — makes for some of the best summer vacations. It can also make for some of the most complicated vacations when it comes to splitting the costs of dinners, museum admissions, rental homes and cars. Digital wallets and peer-to-peer payment apps, however, are aiming to make it easy by allowing users to pay one another...

Soon, the United States will experience its first total solar eclipse in 99 years. On Aug. 21, the sky will go dark, the air will cool and stars will be visible as a shadow falls across a narrow sliver of land called the Path of Totality. From Oregon to South Carolina, eclipse enthusiasts will be celebrating this celestial wonder. If you have yet to make plans for the big event, here are five ideas...

Daniel Threlfall remembers his visit to Chichen Itza, Mexico, a destination billed as one of the wonders of the world. It isn't a good memory. Threlfall, an Internet consultant from Greenville, South Carolina, expected to be wowed by Mayan temples and natural beauty when he traveled to the Yucatan with his family last year. "Instead, we were met with sky-high prices, in-and-out access and...

For nearly a century, American Indian jewelers, potters and other artists have been gathering in the heart of northern New Mexico to show off their creations at one of the nation's most prestigious art markets. The annual Santa Fe Indian Market begins Saturday as organizers push ahead with raising the bar for showcasing what they say are the best examples of art that has evolved from centuries-old...

SEATTLE—On commercial airlines today, traveling in coach is a pain, while the wealthy are well looked after in first class. But for the ultrawealthy, there’s a whole other level available. For China’s “Golden Week” holiday at the beginning of October, a group of rich Asians will take off from Hong Kong on a lavishly appointed Boeing 777 for a nine-day tour with...

Check In Casa Cook Rhodes, Greece Rates From 101 euros (about $120). Basics Casa Cook Rhodes opened a year ago as the first Greek hotel by Thomas Cook, a tour operator based in Britain. With the rugged Tsambika Mountain as its backdrop, the 95-room bohemian resort for adults only has a minimalist, contemporary style. A garden with bright flowers...

I expected to live my entire life without price-shopping for truck-stop showers. Then I spent the night in Breezewood. The adventure began last August when my main squeeze James and I drove to Colorado. We passed through Breezewood, Pennsylvania, as do many drivers heading to the Rust Belt and beyond. "What do you think about vacationing here for a week," James asked. I...

A record 60.7 million tourists visited Florida during the first six months of 2017, marking the highest tourism count ever recorded between January and June, Gov. Rick Scott announced Tuesday. Palm Beach County hosted 4.2 million tourists during the first half of the year, an 8.7 percent increase from the same time period in 2016 — and a record-setting milestone for the county’s tourism...

A record 60.7 million tourists visited Florida during the first six months of 2017, marking the highest tourism count ever
recorded between January and June,
Gov. Rick Scott announced Tuesday. The record tourism level comes amid a difficult year for the state’s tourism marketing organization, Visit Florida, which
faced budget cuts and saw the...

Suzanne Randolph, 60, knows firsthand that it can be daunting for women to travel on their own. Randolph, a former art adviser, says that in her more than two decades of frequent solo travel, she has encountered her fair share of challenges. “Finding a place to eat and getting plugged into the local scene of your destination isn’t easy when you’re alone,” she said. Her...

This week's best travel bargains around the globe: --Peregrine Adventures, a small, group-adventure-travel company, is offering 20 percent off most of its international trips, including those to Egypt, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica and Tuscany in Italy. For example, the 15-day Explore Azerbaijan, Georgia & Armenia itinerary, which departs Oct. 7 and 14, costs $2,792 per person double, down from...

As my parents have grown older, my desire to haul them around to far-flung places has only grown. Since my dad turns 75 this year and my mom turns 70 the next, I know our time together could easily come to an end in the next five-to-20 years. So, of course, I want them to relax on beautiful beaches, enjoy delicious dinners and forget about their worldly troubles for a while. Unfortunately...

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Tourists haven't been deterred from visiting the tropical island of Guam even though the U.S. territory has been at the center of North Korean and U.S. threats during the past week. Won Hyung-jin, an official from Modetour, a large South Korean travel agency, said several customers called with concerns, but they weren't worried enough to pay cancellation fees for their...

When our children were 11 and 9, young enough to still be entirely inside the family circle but old enough to remember, we splurged on a "once in a lifetime vacation" and rented a small farmhouse in Southwestern France outside the village of Saint-Cyprien. Each day, our son and daughter would say goodbye to the donkey that hung around our patio and we'd climb in the tiny rented Renault and...

The rubbery corporate mascot we know as the Michelin Man actually has a name: Bibendum, drawn from a Latin phrase once used in the tire company’s advertising: “nunc est bibendum,” best translated as “time for a drink” — odd advice, perhaps, for drivers, but good news for diners. Bibendum is also the name of the restaurant that the designer and tastemaker Terence...

Big Ben, the iconic British timekeeper at the Palace of Westminster, will go silent until 2021. >> Read more trending news Also known as the Great Bell of the clock on the Elizabeth Tower, Big Ben is the name of the bell inside the clocktower. It will sound Monday for the last time for four years. According to the BBC, the bongs are being disconnected for the clock...

In a recent online Vanity Fair article about the bucolic character of Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Trump is spending his 17-day vacation, the magazine took a swipe at Palm Beach. Trump, cloistered in his private club in the town, hasn’t changed its quiet, horse-country flavor, said the writer. “It isn’t faux cosmopolitan, like Trump Tower, or a...

South Africa is a coveted destination this year for travelers from the United States: According to data from South African Tourism, the first quarter of 2017 saw a 6.3 percent increase in visitors from the United States to South Africa, compared with the first quarter of 2016. Also, the airfare prediction app Hopper saw a 36 percent increase in flight searches this spring for travel in the fall to...

Domestic airlines are bumping passengers off flights at the lowest rate since 1995, according to a new federal report — a decline that may be partially attributable to the fallout from an April episode in which a man was dragged off a United Airlines flight. The 12 domestic carriers that report data on the number of passengers who are involuntarily denied boarding posted a bumping rate...

Flying with babies and small children is an activity most of us wouldn't wish on our worst enemies. Yet sometimes, it has to be done - especially if you consider the alternatives - the car ride from hell? A slow boat to China? Horse and buggy? One dad admitted that on one plane trip, he let his kids drop items on the floor and then kick him in the head when he went to retrieve them. They got a big...

A luxury vacation to New York City on a budget? It can be done, according to Eric J. Gordon, the owner of Beyond Times Square, a company that plans high-end New York City trips. “An upscale New York getaway can be several thousand dollars, but with a few money-saving tricks, you can have a similar experience for far less,” he said. Here, Gordon shares his tips: Hotel...

If anyone knows how to pack for a trip that begins as business and segues into leisure, it is a member of a flight crew. Travelpro, a company founded by an airline pilot, knows this and has designed many bags that are stylish yet sturdy, and perfect for professionals presiding over a board meeting or presenting at a conference and then downshifting to a weekend of leisurely pursuits. Travelpro&rsquo...

There's always something to celebrate in Milwaukee. And I'm not just talking about the music, food and art festivals that fill the summer, or the azure views of Lake Michigan, or even the city's beer-steeped history. I'm talking about the jovial bands of people walking the streets of downtown every time I visit - bachelorette parties (so many bachelorette parties!), bachelor parties, wedding parties...

A Boston cardiologist saved a passenger who passed out after a believed overdose 30,000 feet in the air. Dr. Anil Punjabi was about to fall asleep on his flight from Boston to Minneapolis on Friday when he heard the Spirit Airlines attendant shouting for a doctor. Other passengers alerted the crew when a woman a few rows back had been in the bathroom for a long time. When she got back, she was...

Two of Disney’s oldest rides are closing today to make way for new ones. Epcot’s Universe of Energy and Hollywood Studios’ The Great Movie Ride are set to take guests on their final journeys today before shutting down, according to WKMG. The Universe of Energy has been around since 1982 and was last updated in 1996 with a new film, music and Ellen DeGeneres as its...

Whatever the mode of transport, traveling with children is often no picnic. The long-haul flight (five hours or more) offers up a special brand of hell, a smorgasbord of meltdowns, impromptu maladies and indiscriminate peevishness. I don’t blame them. Being caged like the class gerbil for hours can be tedious. They can’t seem to help upchucking on you and whining. A carefully plotted parental...

WASHINGTON — The moon will block out the sun, and day will plunge into night. Birds will stop singing, crickets will start chirping, and many people will gasp, weep, or even howl when they see the sun’s corona shimmering in the darkened sky. And some drivers, inevitably, will stop in the middle of the road to take a selfie. The Aug. 21 total eclipse will cut directly...

President Trump’s childhood home, located in Queens, New York, has been listed on home rental website Airbnb. The house is in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood. >> Read more trending news The listing provides a short history of the house, which was built by Trump’s father, Fred: The house is conveniently located for those who wish to visit the city during the day and retreat...

Can you create a farm-to-table restaurant if you have 100 tables in an 8,750-square-foot main dining room, 80 more tables downstairs, nine in a cozy lounge, 50 outside overlooking an Arcadian lake and, on certain nights, eight in a capacious kitchen? That is the question that Jim Palmeri, the executive chef at Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York, spent several years contemplating.&nbsp...

Question: We recently traveled to Spain and Portugal. When paying by credit card, we were given the option of paying in euros or dollars. It was unclear which was more advisable. I carry a co-branded airline credit card that doesn’t charge a foreign transaction fee, so if you can pay in dollars and not incur a foreign transaction fee, then there is no reason for us to be paying $95 for a card...

The Washington Post's travel writers and editors recently discussed stories, questions, gripes and more. Here are edited excerpts: Q: I nearly panicked when I saw "Schedule Changes That Impact Your Upcoming Trip" in the subject line on an email from the airline where I recently booked a round-trip to Boston for connecting flights to/from Europe. As luck would have it, the only changes...

Looking for a rental home? Now you can stay at Donald Trump's place. No, not 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. - but Trump's childhood home in Queens, New York, now available on Airbnb. Trump's father Fred built the 5-bedroom, 3 1/2-bath home, dubbed "Jamaica Estates." The circa 1940 Tudor-style house is available for $725 a night. "Not much has been changed since the Trumps...

There’s a dog park in Dania Beach with a lake so clear that it looks like a natural spring. You’ll be tempted to jump in with your pup. Tigertail Lake South Dog Park is a gated section on the south side of Tigertail Lake in Dania Beach. What’s cool about it being a lake is the space is smaller than a dog beach so it’s easier to chase after your four-legged friend...

— Check In Axiom Hotel 28 Cyril Magnin St., San Francisco; 415-392-9466; axiomhotel.com From $279. The Axiom Hotel aims to reflect the city that it’s in. Being tech-forward is the focus of this six-story, 152-room hotel, which opened in February 2016. Developed by Host Hotels & Resorts and managed by Kokua Hospitality, this property in the...

CHICAGO — Hotel room service has always been a tough sell. It’s expensive both to order and to operate, looks extravagant on a business traveler’s expense report, and for most people, goes against the very point of travel: to get out and explore new sights and cuisines. Room service revenue industrywide is down more than 25 percent since before the recession, according to CBRE...

LOS ANGELES — There’s about to be a new way to experience the “Star Wars” universe. An attraction that blends virtual reality and real-world elements will open at the Disney resorts in California and Florida this holiday season, Walt Disney Co.’s Lucasfilm unit has announced. Lucasfilm and its ILMxLAB immersive-entertainment unit are working with the...

Whether you’re vacationing in a big city or a small town, checking out the local art galleries makes for an enjoyable day out, said Natasha Schlesinger, an art historian who created ArtMuse Discover Galleries, an app that guides users through New York City’s more than 1,000 art galleries. “So many places around the world have a gallery scene that’s either burgeoning or established...

“Whoa, that’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” my 9-year-old nephew Deegan whispered, staring at a night sky that was pitch black and dotted with starlight. Worn out after a day of rafting, nearly a dozen of us were zipped into sleeping bags, strewn about the sandy banks of the Colorado River like pieces of driftwood tossed ashore. The wild river bubbled...

SAN DIEGO — Traversing a hilly portion of the 100-acre San Diego Zoo just got measurably easier, thanks to the recent Friday of a long-planned pedestrian bridge linking the west and east sides of the Balboa Park attraction. Canopy Bridge, as it is being called, is elevated 70 feet above the canyon floor and spans 450 feet between Elephant Odyssey on the west and the Treeptops area near...

Patrick Smith compiled a list of the five things that worry him the most when flying. Bird strikes and cargo fires made the cut; turbulence did not. "Most of us in the cockpit are thinking, 'This is really annoying,' and not, 'I hope the wings don't rip off,'" said Smith, a veteran commercial air pilot who hosts the website Ask the Pilot. Flight-crew members are not typically...

The U.S. government has decided to bar Americans from visiting North Korea, the first time in years that the State Department has moved to block travel to another country. The restriction comes amid rising tensions between the United States and North Korea, which has been testing intercontinental ballistic missiles and threatened to attack the United States with nuclear weapons. The ban also...

Old-school service is alive and well at the Plaza: High tea treats are served in brass birdcages, tuxedo-clad bellman whisk away luggage to gilded suites, and chefs bear toques that tower above their heads. But in the age of Amazon Prime-when we all want everything now -what is it really like blending vestigial aristocratic assistance with light-speed wish fulfillment? In order to properly find...

Shane was a strong, sure-footed horse, about 20 years old, raised in Texas. He had plenty of ideas about how an excursion into the Eastern Sierra should go, especially the grazing and drinking between meals. I had different ideas, and the reins. Occasionally, there was friction. But for four days in late June, we were a team clambering up switchback trails and crossing creeks full of rushing water...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — For someone with only one cup of coffee in her system and a steep, craggy trail run into Rattlesnake Canyon looming, it was not the best way to greet the morning. “Keep an eye out for loose rocks,” a pair of passing hikers called out as I rounded a turn on the switchback path. “Oh, and rattlesnakes!” they added with a nonchalant air, as they scrambled...

When Veronica Hershey was planning a trip to Las Vegas, her friend told her about an unadvertised suite at the El Cortez Hotel and Casino. It was the former penthouse of Jackie Gaughan, a famed Las Vegas casino owner with eccentric taste. After a renovation, the owners decided to preserve the 2,700-square-foot space in his honor. The bathroom has a pink marble tub with gold swan faucets. The...

Musician and television star Big Freedia — the best-known name in the energetic New Orleans style of hip-hop called bounce music — performs around the world and appears in Beyoncé videos and Terrence Malick films. But she always comes home to New Orleans. The sixth season of her reality show, “Big Freedia Bounces Back,” has its premiere Sept. 12 on Fuse. All of...

LISDOONVARNA, Ireland — Once a tranquil backwater a few miles off the rugged Atlantic coast, Lisdoonvarna landed on the map thanks to its mineral springs, which drew visitors seeking the curative powers of these sulfur- and iron-rich waters. Lisdoon — as it’s known locally — sprouted up from the karst limestone landscape in County Clare to become one of Ireland’s earliest...

The young man checking tickets looks at me with a quizzical tilt of the head: "Just you is it, mate?" Apart from me, the queue for the Scenic Railway roller coaster in Margate is composed of teens and young families. I don't like his intonation but I can see his point. As a 37-year-old man, I stick out like a sore thumb. What that insouciant youngster doesn't know, though...

International travel requires a lot of patience and meticulous planning. Sometimes, that means bringing a whole lot of stuff. When you’re traveling overseas for weeks at a time, you might feel the need to bring everything but the kitchen sink. While packing a lot isn’t a problem in itself, lugging all your belongings around isn’t the way to go. On a long international trip...

If you're planning to leave your smartphone or laptop at home when you go on vacation this month, you might want to think again. The unplugged getaway is so last year. More than 62 percent of travelers say they plan to check their work-related email and voice mail, according to a new poll by the travel agency network Travel Leaders Group. Just 37 percent of respondents say they unplug, a precipitous...

Although the last two weeks of August are a peak time for summer getaways, plenty of properties in appealing places still have availability during this busy period. Here are five vacation possibilities for late August: Variety Cruises is offering the Adriatic Odyssey, departing Aug. 20 from Dubrovnik for a seven-night itinerary on a 24-cabin motor sailer, with stops in Croatia, Greece...

Recently, an unaccompanied 15-year-old traveling from London to meet his grandparents in France was bumped from an oversold easyJet flight and essentially treated as an adult, left to deal with rebooking on his own, according to a report by the BBC. Though the episode ended with the boy taking a flight 10 hours later, it shows a weakness in a system intended to care for children unaccustomed...